Grade Level
Unit
Description
Tool Used
Assessment
1st
Weather
After studying weather and forecasting, students selected one place on earth to give a weather report including place, country, average temperature, what causes the climate and what lives there--all memorized!
greenscreen

3rd
Western Characters
Third grade students researched and wrote first-person perspectives on Western characters.
mybrainshark

4th
Colorado Characters
Two different grade levels take different approaches to Colorado history, but use the same tool
Glogster


ECE
Our Farm Visit
A spring trip to the urban farm inspired 3-year olds to reflect on their favorite animals and what they had learned about them.
PhotoStory3

high school
I am...
High school students research and write in first person taking on hate.
Animoto

middle school
Bookwinks
These are NOT DPS student projects...but they could be!

Enjoy!
5th
Ecosystems
Students researched collaboratively to investigate an assigned ecosystem before writing an authentic script for production
greenscreen

3rd
How To's
The age-old How To assignment takes on a partnership requiring knowledge, organization, cooperation and creativity.
FLIP
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4th
Cities of the World
Students completed research on global cities, then worked together to share their writing.
Greenscreen

5th
Revolutionary War
As part of their social studies curriculum and library/technology skills classes, 5th grade students researched, wrote and produced online magazines depicting their understanding of various Revolutionary War topics.
JooMag

5th
booktalks
After reading a novel, students write a booktrailor to advertise the book & entice other readers to read it.
Audacity
Booktalks
7th
Science
Students reflect their acquired knowledge in a "tour" format
MapWing

2nd
poetry
Students wrote poetry, illustrated their work, and vocalized their products
imovie
Poetry
3rd
Historical Heroes
An end-of-year project, our students were asked to tell the story of a historical hero from the first-person perspective
PhotoStory3
Stories
Kindergarden
I Wonder
Groups of kindergartners chose one country, formed their own questions, then discovered the answers by exploring picture books.
PhotoStory3

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